Provocateur

One of Manhattan’s current hotspots, Provocateur in the Meatpacking District is a little tricky to get into but once you are past the clipboard nazis, expect a fantastic, if not totally bizarre and decadent, night. Owned by the people who owned deceased club, Stereo, the ethereal new bar has to be seen to be believed. A lounge and garden room that look like something out of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Garden of Eden theme are an oasis of fun and fantasy, complete with floral swings, silver birch trees and retractable roof.

Dark and sexy, the designers say that it was created with women in mind and, considering the owners are so connected, it is likely that all the people in there are going to be achingly beautiful too – it could even be a prerequisite to get in. It may also be the case that the black catwalk in the middle of the room and oversized angel wings also suggest that the clientele are going to be of the cherubic, seriously hot, variety,

The best bit is the private seating areas in the gardn – each one is designed to look like a different room in a dollhouse. Seeing is believing in this place but one thing is for sure.. If Sex and the City were still on, it would be heavily featured – and we think there is a good chance that people can meet their Mr Big in these angelic walls. And, men, you won’t do badly either.